Turner Falls Man Sentenced for Importing “Molly” and “Flakka” From China

BOSTON –A Turner Falls man was sentenced on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, in U.S. District Court in connection with importing and distributing kilograms of methylone, also known as “molly,” and alpha-PVP, also known as “flakka,” into the United States from China.

Stanislav Nestorov, 25, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Patti B. Saris to 78 months in prison and three years of supervised release.  In December 2015, Nestorov pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import several kilograms of methylone and alpha-PVP.

In 2013 Nestorov began ordering substantial quantities of methylone and alpha-PvP over the Internet from suppliers in China.  Nestorov arranged for the packages to be shipped to different addresses, and paid other individuals to wire payments for the drugs to China, all to avoid detection.  When the drug packages were shipped to Nestorov, the Chinese supplier included bogus documents that falsely described the contents of the packages as containing other items such as car parts.

Federal agents discovered the scheme when a package was seized in New York which contained one kilogram of methylone.  In September 2013, a package destined for Massachusetts was intercepted and found to contain one kilogram of alpha-PVP.

United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; Shelly Binkowski, Inspector in Charge of  the U.S. Postal Inspection Service; Matthew Etre, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Boston; and Colonel Richard D. McKeon, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, made the announcement today.  The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Susan Winkler of Ortiz’s Narcotics and Money Laundering Unit.